diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBBackend_7_12.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBBackend_7_12.java
index edb881e87ca..f8b6ddb4120 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBBackend_7_12.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBBackend_7_12.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.util.StringUtil;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.internal.GdbPlugin;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.launching.LaunchUtils;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.service.DsfSession;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.utils.pty.PTY;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.utils.pty.PTY.Mode;
@@ -44,16 +45,20 @@ public class GDBBackend_7_12 extends GDBBackend {
 	/** Indicate that we failed to create a PTY. */
 	private boolean fPtyFailure;
 	
+	private boolean fIsAllStop;
+	
 	private InputStream fDummyErrorStream;
 
 	public GDBBackend_7_12(DsfSession session, ILaunchConfiguration lc) {
 		super(session, lc);
+		fIsAllStop = !LaunchUtils.getIsNonStopMode(lc);
 		createPty();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean isFullGdbConsoleSupported() {
 		return !Platform.getOS().equals(Platform.OS_WIN32)
+				&& !fIsAllStop
 				&& !fPtyFailure;
 	}